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Date	Title	Extract
Thursday, 26.02.2015	Inventory of the patents and publications of FP7 projects in the field of ICT	Surveys carried out by D.G. Connect of the European Commission reported that 295 patents resulting from projects funded within the FP7 programme and covering the period 2007-2013 have been filed, in...
Tuesday, 24.02.2015	Hungary has joined DesignView	Designview, the registered designs search tool, has now been joined by the the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO). This achievement is the result of cooperation and joint work between OHIM...
Tuesday, 24.02.2015	Another IP case study presented by ASTP-Proton	ASTP-Proton presents an interesting case study on the successful transfer of research results from a public research institute to a private company in a very important field: breast cancer testing....
Thursday, 19.02.2015	More than 2,000 websites selling fake luxury goods disrupted since the New Year	As part of the operation Ashiko, an initiative in partnership with a number of brands, brand protection organisations and internet registries to disrupt websites selling counterfeit goods to...
Thursday, 19.02.2015	Creating value from social sciences and humanities	ASTP-Proton, the premier pan-European association for professionals involved in knowledge transfer between universities and industry, is in the process of setting up the working group “SSH -...
Thursday, 19.02.2015	One more success story for the Enterprise Europe Network	The Enterprise Europe Network presents a success story for a Scottish spirits start-up that received advice on intellectual property and product development from its Network contact.Read the story...
Monday, 16.02.2015	United States of America and Japan join international design system	The United States of America and Japan have joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, adding two of the world’s biggest economies to a WIPO-administered...
Wednesday, 11.02.2015	Position on IPRs in TTIP by the Trans-Atlantic Business Council	The Trans-Atlantic Business Council has released its position on IPRs in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that is under negotiation. It states that “the U.S. and EU...
Tuesday, 10.02.2015	Release of a report on “International comparison of approaches to online copyright enforcement” at UK IPO	The UK Intellectual Property Office has just released the research report that it commissioned on online enforcement. Based on case studies of nine countries (Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, The...
Thursday, 05.02.2015	Design decisions in the eSearch Case Law tool	OHIM's decisions and judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union and the National Courts are now available in the eSearch Case Law database, including features for both trade mark...
Thursday, 05.02.2015	New case studies at the UK Intellectual Property Office	Four new case studies related to the use of trade marks, patents, designs and trade secrets have just been released by the UK Intellectual Property Office to help you create value from your ideas....
Thursday, 05.02.2015	Public consultation on patents and standards: A modern framework for standardisation involving intellectual property rights	The period of this consultation, whose objective is to gather information and views on the interplay between standardisation and intellectual property rights such as patents, has been extended until...
Tuesday, 03.02.2015	Launch of a new EU initiative dedicated to technology transfer	A new Horizon 2020 programme, PROGRESS-TT, bringing together nine highly qualified international partners representing the complete value chain of Technology Transfer (TT) practitioners, has been...
Tuesday, 03.02.2015	7.7 million French patent applications now online	With the release of its new patent database, the French National Institute for Intellectual Property (INPI) now offers a single tool incorporating enhanced search features to find French patent...
Tuesday, 03.02.2015	France now part of the Harmonised Database	The French National Institute for Intellectual Property (INPI) has joined the Common Harmonised Database of Goods and Services for trade mark classification. The Harmonised Database, available to the...
Tuesday, 27.01.2015	OHIM report on “Infringements of intellectual property rights on the internet” published	The report, based on the outcomes of a conference on infringements of intellectual property rights on the internet that took place from 5 to 7 November 2014 in Alicante, has just been released. The...
Tuesday, 27.01.2015	OHIM Strategic Plan 2020 – Public Consultation	OHIM is launching the guiding principles and the outline of its 2015-2020 Strategic Plan for public consultation from 23 January to 23 February 2015. The objective of this consultation is to seek...
Thursday, 22.01.2015	Validation of European patents in Morocco	From 1 March 2015 it will be possible to validate European patent applications and patents in Morocco, where, after validation, they will confer essentially the same protection as patents granted by...
Thursday, 22.01.2015	New version of the International Patent Classification	The 2015.01 version of International Patent Classification presents important modifications, and especially a new subclass B33Y, dedicated to 3D printing and other types of additive manufacture.The...
Thursday, 22.01.2015	UK IP Office publishes new case studies	The UK Intellectual Property Office has just released six new case studies related to either trade marks, patents or copyright.These show very good examples of IP protection, exploitation and...

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